Y La Temple Festival 2025
The Y La Temple Festival is one of the spiritual activities of worshiping "Mau Thoai" with a long history and is organized by the people of Tuyen Quang City in the middle of the second lunar month every year to commemorate the merits of the two Mother Goddesses, Phuong Dung and Ngoc Lan - the two princesses of King Hung. The festival not only recreates the traditional rituals in the Mother Goddess procession of the people of Tuyen, but also has a new color, expressing the spiritual cultural beauty of the people, rich in humanistic meaning, sacred, lively, with the wish for a prosperous and happy life of people.
Delegates attending the opening ceremony of Y La Temple
Immediately after the opening ceremony, cultural, artistic, sports and traditional folk games with strong traditional identities of the Tuyen people took place, attracting a large number of people and tourists to participate. Thereby, contributing to strengthening solidarity, honoring, preserving, conserving and promoting the cultural identities of ethnic groups.
Singing and dancing performance at the opening ceremony
In 2016, Y La Temple was recognized as a National Monument. Maintaining and organizing the Y La Temple festival not only aims to preserve and promote the traditional cultural values of the people of Tuyen Quang city but also contributes positively to the socio-economic development of the locality.
The sport of chess has been maintained for many years at the Y La Temple festival.
The game "Blindfolded duck catching" attracts many people and tourists to participate.
News and photos: Thanh Xuan - City Center for Culture, Information and Communication
